Saturday morning I woke up to the sound of a snowplow rumbling up the street and the scraping of shovels on pavement. I could see through the skylight that the tree branches were covered in fluffy snow that continued to fall.
Shovelling the driveway seemed as good an excuse to rouse myself as any so I pulled on some clothes, ran the coffee maker and went outside. I was pretty proud of myself for getting out of bed before 11:00am. No lie, my life is good (as in "I do what I want").
It didn't take long before I was back in the house with my comfy clothes on, a latte in my hand and some Zeppelin playing while I read a book. Usually I'm hyper to get out of the house but given the weather, I was content.
Then Chrissy texted that she was in Port Credit buying skates, did we all want to go skating on the river. Can you think of a better way to spend a snowy day? It was the perfect suggestion. We got to the club shortly after 2:00pm and shovelled out the rink that the kids at the canoe club had made. Then we just kept shovelling. A half dozen guys had started creating another rink in front of the rowing club but when they saw us, they brought their shovels over and we created a huge rink. I haven't skated in 3 or 4 years so by the time we finished, I was ready to go home. It was perfect though, a little over an hour was just enough.

Because Mississauga doesn't pick up electronics like Toronto (you have to take them to the recycling depot yourself), Chrissy and Jeff came by to help me get it the monster mahogany tv off the curb. I'd put it out there in the hope that someone might want it but no dice. It was out there for a week, frozen, rained and snowed on. No one would think it still worked and I'm sure my neighbours were starting to hate me!